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optimumtact

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Copyright General (Calm discussion only please)
« on: January 16, 2012, 07:46:55 am »

Congress has announced that it is shelving the SOPA Bill after the white house announced it's opposition to the bill (and PIPA) in what appears to be a victory for mass democratic action!

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal/2012_01/putting_sopa_on_a_shelf034765.php

All that remains now is to ensure PIPA is not passed and remain vigilant that they don't try to sneak SOPA back in.
The government's response to the petition

Update:
SOPA returns to haunt us all
It appears they have only put it off until febuary when the bill will be marked up.

Wikipedia, Google, Reddit and other major sites are censoring all or part of their sites in protest of the SOPA and PIPA acts.


Update:
The founder of megaupload an several of his staff have been arrested in New Zealand and will face extradition hearings as part of a global operation to seize megaupload domain names and servers.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16642369

http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/megaupload-founder-arrested-in-nz-site-shut-down-4694527



Update: both PIPA and SOPA have been shelved by congress on the 20th in response to peoples concerns about the bills
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/01/internet-wins-sopa-and-pipa-both-shelved.ars

In relation to megaupload
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/01/explainer-how-can-the-us-seize-a-hong-kong-site-like-megaupload.ars




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Re: SOPA Shelved! Victory for freedom.
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2012, 08:20:14 am »

Well this is pretty nice to hear.

At least somebody's not totally bought out.
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Re: SOPA Shelved! Victory for freedom.
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2012, 08:32:40 am »

Victory for the internets!

The end.
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Re: SOPA Shelved! Victory for freedom.
« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2012, 08:41:10 am »

There's still PIPA to worry about.
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Re: SOPA Shelved! Victory for freedom.
« Reply #4 on: January 16, 2012, 08:42:02 am »

YESYESYES

The Internet is saved!

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Re: SOPA Shelved! Victory for freedom.
« Reply #5 on: January 16, 2012, 09:08:55 am »

I don't really like that now everyone jumps out telling on how SOPA is bad.

it was stopped due to concerns about losing voters, not because it was bad. and this mean that it will only come back later, on a sneakier way.
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Re: SOPA Shelved! Victory for freedom.
« Reply #6 on: January 16, 2012, 09:13:46 am »

The Protect IP Act is going to the Senate floor on January 24th. This is a simple psychological tactic: Offer a bunch of crazy options that get shot down, and then use that contrast to coerce people into accepting a less-bad deal when really they shouldn't be talking to you at all. Happens in haggling and door-to-door scams all the time. In short, we have won nothing here.

Also, what the hell is OPEN? People keep talking about it like it's a third bill mixed up in all of this, but I can find nothing on it.   
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Re: SOPA Shelved! Victory for freedom.
« Reply #7 on: January 16, 2012, 09:39:01 am »

They'll probably just end up sticking the provisions in next year's NDAA.

Also, what the hell is OPEN? People keep talking about it like it's a third bill mixed up in all of this, but I can find nothing on it.   
Remember the four people in Congress who actually knew how the internet worked? It's their approach to the whole thing.

EDIT: And after reading through the entire Online Protection & ENforcement of Digital Trade Act, I can't really tell how it differs from DMCA.
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Re: SOPA Shelved! Victory for freedom.
« Reply #8 on: January 16, 2012, 10:54:03 pm »

Spoiler: Just in case. (click to show/hide)
Now, off to sign petitions about PIPA...
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Re: SOPA Shelved! Victory for freedom.
« Reply #9 on: January 17, 2012, 04:07:41 pm »

*cough*
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Re: SOPA Shelved! Victory for freedom.
« Reply #10 on: January 17, 2012, 04:13:58 pm »

I am not surprised in the least.
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Re: SOPA Shelved! Victory for freedom.
« Reply #11 on: January 17, 2012, 04:19:57 pm »

I am not surprised in the least.

Nor am I.

Corporate lobbying and sponsoring was a terrible idea and remains a terrible idea.
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Re: SOPA coming back! freedom at risk yet again!
« Reply #12 on: January 17, 2012, 04:20:19 pm »

We should probably celebrate when it's certain it won't be coming back in terrifying zombie horror.

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Re: SOPA coming back! freedom at risk yet again!
« Reply #13 on: January 17, 2012, 04:21:37 pm »

We should probably celebrate when it's certain it won't be coming back in terrifying zombie horror.
It'll be back eventually.
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Re: SOPA coming back! freedom at risk yet again!
« Reply #14 on: January 17, 2012, 04:40:54 pm »

We should probably celebrate when it's certain it won't be coming back in terrifying zombie horror.
There is only one clear solution: Burn it with fire. And by "it", I mean the various Hollywood lobbyists acting as the zombie juice to keep this thing alive.
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